abstracted

American

[ab-strak-tid] / æbˈstræk tɪd /

adjective

lost in thought; deeply engrossed or preoccupied.
removed; remote; separate.
considered as a general quality or characteristic apart from specific objects or instances.

abstracted British

/ æbˈstræktɪd /

adjective

lost in thought; preoccupied
taken out or separated; extracted

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Related Words

See absent-minded.

Other Word Forms

abstractedly adverb
abstractedness noun
nonabstracted adjective
nonabstractedly adverb
nonabstractedness noun
unabstracted adjective
unabstractedly adverb
unabstractedness noun

Etymology

Origin of abstracted

First recorded in 1605–15; abstract + -ed ²

Example Sentences

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An azure booth is flanked by an abstracted mermaid sculpture, and elsewhere howling wolves are engraved into the bar tops.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

One might have expected some gesture toward its origins, rather than its cool and highly abstracted references to Harlem.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

The show is centered around her “Linear Language” series, where Hurtado abstracted various words into geometric shapes and patterns to create a new kind of portrait.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025

In England, water is abstracted by water companies for public supply, by industry and for use in electricity generation, such as power station cooling.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

He was sitting, propped by several pillows, watching the commotion around him with a kind of abstracted childlike wonder.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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